Death on a Shetland Longship: The Shetland Sailing Mysteries

The first book in Marsali Taylor's Shetland Sailing Mysteries series. Cassie Lynch has secured a job to skipper a Viking longship for a film production. Though the opportunity represents a major break in her career, it requires her to return to the Shetland Islands—the place she fled as a teenager. When an unknown corpse appears onboard the vessel, Cass finds herself, her family, and her traumatic past all under investigation by Detective Inspector Macrae, who proves to be shrewdly perceptive. To clear herself and her loved ones of suspicion, Cass must draw on her local knowledge, her sailing expertise, and the assistance of her mother, a French opera singer. She must stay ahead of the murderer's moves while avoiding becoming the next victim.